Emergency Response Plan: Biological, Chemical or Nuclear Disasters/Attacks

Biological, Chemical or Nuclear Disasters/Attacks

1. Upon receiving confirmed information of an imminent or ongoing biological, chemical or Nuclear Disaster/Attack that poses great risk to Human life on the HCC Campus, the President or her designee shall declare a campus wide emergency at Hostos Community College.

2. This state of emergency may initiate a lockdown of the campus and/or its total evacuation.

3. Campus Police & Security Services personnel, Building and Grounds staff, Fire Wardens, member of the College Emergency Response Team, college website, voicemail and e-mail will be utilized as a mean of communication to notify individual to evacuate or assemble in another area of the college.

4. If a lockdown is declared as a result of the outside environment not be safe to enter, the following will occur:
   
   

   1. The air handler will turn off and buildings will be sealed as best as possible.
   2. Building occupants will be notified of the lockdown via campus wide telephone broadcast, e-mail and by campus police.
   3. If required building occupants will be directed to spaces/rooms which are windowless and provide the best level of protection.
   4. Building occupants will be kept abreast of changes as they develop by college officials.

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